[SEL] Widowmaker-Christmas beetle

[Peter Lowe]

Here is the Christmas Beetle
http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Oceania/Australia/photo69627.htm

Peter, Oz



> That goes for British English too, mostly.  We Brits don't use "barrack" a
> lot any more -  barracks are somewhere that soldiers live.  We are still
> fond of candy floss too.  I have never heard of a Christmas beetle, 
> rhough.
>
>
>     Pete
> -- 
> Peter Scales
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
>> [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of
>> Bob W7AVK
>> Sent: 13 December 2007 23:16
>> To: The SEL email discussion list
>> Subject: Re: [SEL] Widowmaker
>>
>> George and List - Check out http://www.ibhistory.com/dialect1.htm for
>> translation.  About half way down.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Bob R
>> Central WA USA
>>
>> Best, George wrote:
>> > Edd,
>> >
>> > What's a "railway sleeper"?  I can usually keep up pretty
>> well with the
>> > down under jargon, but "railway sleeper" is new to me and isn't
>> > something I would think you'd cut with a motorized saw.
>> >
>> > George
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
>> > [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf
>> Of Edd Payne
>> > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 2:32 PM
>> > To: The SEL email discussion list
>> > Subject: Re: [SEL] Widowmaker
>> >
>> > HMMM.I been scratchin something to stop itching.Guess I got
>> it wrong.
>> > There are a lot of these saws here in OZ and are still in
>> regular use in
>> > this area.Hargans and Mobilco are two that come to mind.Hargans  was
>> > from a town north of here called Coolah.From memory there
>> was an article
>> > about him and his development of this saw in an old issue of TOMM.
>> > Blokes around here that have cut railway sleepers use
>> nothing else and
>> > still do.They regularly come up  for sale at local
>> auctions.I watched a
>> > bloke at a show at Gilgandra a town north of here doing
>> wood sculpture
>> > using one of these and it was amazing to watch .He was an absolute
>> > artist.
>> >
>> > EDD PAYNE
>> >
>> >
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